Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Okay, so there you have it. It took 100 games, but the Dodgers finally lost three in a row, which will certainly drop them in the vaunted Power Rankings despite still having the best record in the majors and a eight-game lead over the second-place Rockies, the largest division lead in the majors. Happy now, national media? Rejoicing, Bill Plaschke? Freaked out, Dodger fans?

Not I, says the Sax. Slumps are bound to happen, and this twenty-game stretch was always going to be a grind. Let's just hope that today's pathetic offensive output and sixth-inning meltdown by Chad Billingsley doesn't lead Ned Colletti to any rash decisions...three days before the trade deadline.

Bills was light out for the first five innings tonight but then completely fell apart in the 6th. This is becoming a trend and that is what worries me. Granted he got zero run support tonight. Still we cant have our "Ace" completely falling apart on a consistent basis.

I was merely stating that our organization depth is already shallow because of the fact that we have so many homegrown players on the main roster. Since almost the entire roster has been called up fairly recently we dont have that much MLB ready talent in the farm system. I never said the team sucked. I was just saying we are in a disadvantage when it comes to making trades.

I was just taking what you said and spinning it to my favor. In politics, it's called "telling the truth". I know that the farm system is not as deep as it could be, but when you have so many of the kids already on the roster, you can afford to trade away prospects.